Just a quicky here; while I was in Hawaii, I discovered that I can now comfortably wear a 38 inch waist jeans, shorts, and slacks. The last time I could fit into pants with smaller than a 40 inch waist, I was 18 years old. I'm well on track to "bottoming out" at around a 36 inch waist by my birthday in June, and given how solidly built my legs and butt are (TMI?) that's going to be just about cloth on muscle and bone, very little fat.

So that's a tremendously great feeling; to be fitting into clothes that I haven't fit into since I was a teenager! And only 9 months out!

Huzzah!

Woo hoo!!!

And you know what? I think this is the man's version of "Plus Size," don't you think? Even though the mens stuff is politely called Big & Tall (even though I can guarantee there are many men who only fit the "big" category ), having a waist less than 40 inches is like us ladies breaking through to the "other" side... when we are out of the dreaded Plus Sizes.

Congrats! Definitely worth celebrating!!!